You're chalking off his goal in our losing effort to Iceland.

Optimistic as ever

Peaked as a player very early, never improved beyond 'very good player' to 'world class player'. Not been good enough for England for 2-3 years. Hitting out at fans booing him and the England team (justifiably, after a shockingly poor tournament) in South Africa will always be a black mark against him.

Suspect looking back he'll go down in England folklore as a good player, but not up there with the very best.

Sorry I think he's been perfectly good for England for those 2-3 years, but that merely reflects that England have been sh*te.

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

There's definately a theme with England players

They burst onto the scene and look world beaters then never ever get back to that form.

Same with Owen at 1998, he still had a decent career but was never better than when he was a raw 18 year old

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Overhyped?! Yet is the leading goalscorer for both Man Utd and England, when you look at the strikers Utd have that's no easy task. Honestly wonder if people know football at all sometimes..

Failed in tournaments due to either injury or terrible team performances and when you compare that to his performances for Utd it highlights it even more. Big game player, who scored vital goals throughout his career.

Let's be fair, it's definitely more of an 'England' thing than a 'Rooney' thing

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